With Founder’s Day right around the corner, it’s time for us to honor some of our favorite men from A-Phi-A! Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. celebrates 118 years of scholarship, fellowship, good character and the advancement of humanity. As the “oldest and coldest” organization of the Divine Nine, these men have been making a difference in their communities since 1906. In honor of Founder’s Day, here is a list of five notable men of Alpha Phi Alpha.

Raphael Warnock

Raphael Warnock is a Baptist pastor and politician from Georgia. He is currently the senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta and is also an assistant U.S. senator from Georgia.

Warnock is a graduate of Morehouse College. After graduating from Morehouse, he earned a Master of Divinity, a Master of Philosophy, and a Doctor of Philosophy from Union Theological Seminary, a school affiliated with Columbia University.

Warnock was pastor of several churches over the course of his theological career. In 2005, Warnock became senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, Martin Luther King Jr.’s former congregation. He is the fifth and youngest person to serve as senior pastor since its founding. He remained the senior pastor during his term in the Senate.

In 2020, Warnock made history when he became the first African American to represent Georgia in the Senate, the first Black Democratic U.S. Senator elected in the South, and the first Black Democrat elected by the Senate of a former Confederate state . He was later re-elected in 2022.

Warnock has been a member of the Alpha Gamma Lambda chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha in Harlem since the fall of 1993.

Will Packer

Will Packer is a successful film producer responsible for several box office hits such as Girls Trip, Night School, Almost Christmas, Straight Outta Compton, Think Like A Man and Ride Along. His films have grossed more than $1 billion at the global box office, including ten films that opened at number one.

Packer graduated magna cum laude from Florida A&M University in 1996 with a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering. After graduating from Florida A&M, Packer co-founded Rainforest Films with fellow Florida A&M colleague Rob Hardy. After dissolving Rainforest Films, he founded Will Packer Productions. He signed multi-year contracts with Universal Television and Universal Pictures.

In 2017, he founded Will Packer Media, a branded content and digital production company in partnership with Discovery Communications and Universal Pictures.

While at Florida A&M, Packer joined the Beta Nu chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha.

Wes Moore

Wes Moore is a politician, businessman, author, Army veteran and currently the 63rd Governor of Maryland. Moore is Maryland’s first black governor.

Moore graduated Phi Theta Kappa from Valley Forge with an associate degree. After completing the U.S. Army’s Early Commissioning Program requirements, he was commissioned as a lieutenant in military intelligence in the Army Reserve. He later attended Johns Hopkins University, Phi Beta Kappa, with a Bachelor of Arts in international relations and economics in 2001. He earned his master’s degree in international relations from Wolfson College in 2004.

Moore served in the U.S. Army for 16 years before leaving in 2014. He has several years of political experience, including serving as a fellow to then-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at the White House, speaking at the 2008 Democratic National Convention, and serving in the military on the Board of Regents of the University System of Maryland.

Moore defeated state delegate Dan Cox in the 2022 general election for Maryland governor. He was also elected finance chairman of the Democratic Governors Association that same year.

Moore joined the Sigma Sigma chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha in 2000 while at Johns Hopkins. He is also a member of the Delta Lambda Chapter in Baltimore, Maryland.

Christian Keyes

Christian Keyes is an actor, producer, author and model best known for his work in stage plays before moving into television and film. Keys has appeared in several Tyler Perry productions.

Keyes attended Ferris State University, where he studied social work. He later dropped out to concentrate on his music and writing. He appeared in several television shows and films, including “Brothers & Sisters,” “Moonlight,” “Family Time,” “The Man in 3B,” and “The Young and the Restless.” Keyes is best known for his performances in the Tyler Perry stage plays Madea Goes to Jail and What’s Done in the Dark.

Keyes’ fictional urban romance novel was adapted into the BET+ television drama crime series All The Queen’s Men. The show was written and produced by Keyes and Tyler Perry Studios.

While at Ferris State College, Keyes joined the Zeta Beta chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha.

Yahya Adbul-Mateen II

Yahya Adbul-Mateen II is an actor best known for his roles in the Aquaman series and several other roles.

Mateen graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in architecture. After he was laid off from his job as a city planner in San Francisco, he decided to take advantage of the opportunity and apply to acting schools. He was accepted by New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, Harvard University’s Institute of Advanced Theater Training, and the Yale School of Drama. He then graduated from Yale University with a Master of Fine Arts and began working as a stage actor.

Mateen has appeared in several television shows and films, including Netflix’s The Get Down, The Greatest Showman, Baywatch, Black Mirror, The Matrix Resurrections and Candyman.

Last year he made his Broadway theater debut in the revival of Topdog/Underdog. His performance earned him a Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Play. Mateen is expected to play the titular character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe Disney+ series Woman Man.

Mateen joined the Alpha Epsilon chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha while at USC Berkeley.